DataStore doesnt save values inside tables

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which I am currently using with table.insert. I was saving the files I got from the player inventory into this table as UTF-8. but I noticed that only their names remain in the table. “PetHP” comes as 0,nil. what is the reason of this? How can I fix? Thank you very much for your help :slight_smile: I’m posting screenshotsimage
this one gets the player’s folder and inserts them inside to data table
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Note : The only error is in the datastore, “PetHP” remains at the correct value as long as I don’t get the data from the datastore.

here is the full script.

local pl,wk,rn,db,prt,ds,debounce,ht = game:GetService("Players"),game:GetService("Workspace"),game:GetService("RunService"),game:GetService("Debris"),script.Parent,game:GetService("DataStoreService"),true,game:GetService("HttpService")
local dts = ds:GetDataStore("RaeStore")
pl.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(p)
	local petfolder = Instance.new("Folder",p)
	petfolder.Name = "PetFolder"
	local sc,ms = pcall(function()
		return dts:GetAsync("Pets"..p.UserId)
	end)
	if sc and ms then
		for i,v in ipairs(ms.Pets) do
			local newpetfl = Instance.new("Folder",petfolder)
			newpetfl.Name = "Pet"
			local newhealth = Instance.new("NumberValue",newpetfl)
			newhealth.Value = v.PetHP
			newhealth.Name = "PetHP"
			print(v)
		end 
	else
		warn(tostring(ms))
	end
end)
pl.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(p)
	local datats = {
		["Pets"] = {
			
		}
	}
	local petfolder = p:FindFirstChild("PetFolder")
	for i,v in ipairs(petfolder:GetChildren()) do
		if v:IsA("Folder") and string.find(v.Name,"Pet") then
			local pethealth,namealgorithm = v:FindFirstChild("PetHP"),v.Name..i
			local newpetfoldertosave = {
				[tostring(namealgorithm)] = {
					["PetHP"] = pethealth.Value
				}
			}
			table.insert(datats.Pets,i,newpetfoldertosave)
		end
	end
	local sc,ms = pcall(function()
		return dts:SetAsync("Pets"..p.UserId,datats)
	end)
	if sc then	
	else
		warn(tostring(ms))
	end
end)
prt.Touched:Connect(function(h)
	local c = h.Parent
	if c and debounce then
		local hm,p = c:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"),pl:GetPlayerFromCharacter(c)
		if hm and p then
			debounce = false
			local petfolder = p:FindFirstChild("PetFolder")
			local newpet,hp = Instance.new("Folder",petfolder),math.random(1,100)
			newpet.Name = "Pet1"
			petfolder.Name = "PetFolder"
			local newpethealth = Instance.new("NumberValue",newpet)
			newpethealth.Name = "PetHP"
			newpethealth.Value = hp
			wait(1)
			debounce = true
		end
	end
end)

Edit : thats a part (im just testing it)

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table.insert(datats.Pets,i,newpetfoldertosave) should be table.insert(dstats.Pets,newpetfoldertosave)

You don’t want to insert at a specified index. If you do, your array won’t be ordered and it won’t be able to save to json. Everything after the first null value will be dropped.

3

sadly didnt worked. it still returns nil.

4

Do you print the Health value before you set it? So you can debug.

Datastore table advice

I recommend shortening the strings you place in your datastore better yet just your acronyms you know you will understand/remember

since your inserting the pet table you could just

local NewPetFolderToSave = {
HP = pethealth.Value,
Id = tostring(namealgorithm)
}
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thank you very much :slight_smile: but i found my mistake myself. I thought I was using a table again. but actually this is a dictionary and it is in the dictionary
We couldn’t call the PetHP value as dictionary.PetHP. I did this with a for loop and synced the values. actually there was no error in the datastore. it’s just my fault :sweat_smile: